A 5"x7" glass plate negative, portrait photograph of Caroline Woodward, David City, Nebraska, wearing a long-sleeve print dress with split bodice, white figured under blouse with stiff high-stand collar with black trim, narrow rows of black trim outlining the bodice opening, sleeve hem and across the bodice yoke, and wire-rimmed glasses with her gray hair twisted up into a knot and held with a large stick pin, a ring on her finger, an ink pen in her hand, sitting in a wooden chair at a table with figured table rug with a sheet of paper in front of her and the pen poised as if to write.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00036390000
Source
Original format: 5"x7" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Caroline was born in Wisconsin, November 1840. She married William W. Woodward May 15, 1861 in Wisconsin. Caroline and William Woodward moved to Nebraska in 1879, living in Seward County. They moved to David City, Nebraska, in 1896. In 1904, Caroline's husband filed a homestead claim in Rock County, near Burwell, Nebraska, where they raised their adopted children and lived for some time. They later returned to David City where Caroline died in 1925. She is buried in the David City cemetery.
